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Applicable to questions about heat, energy, work, and their interconversion in chemistry. See the tag wiki for a detailed list of topics. Questions tagged may also be tagged with [enthalpy], [energy], [free-energy] where appropriate.

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Why is absolute zero unattainable?

Absolute zero is unattainable. You could do it in theory according to classical laws of physics, but it's quantum mechanics (including quantum electrodynamics) which prevents absolute zero to be reach …
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